Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-07

Joseph Gray. Centerville; John M. Mills,
Carroll; William Everett, Minburn; Joseph
Alphonso Palmer: Dubuque: JamesJ. Brook
houser, Missouri Valley; Charles r. Manete-
ys Sbey Frank NJ MsNar
com q. Mott Homer; William IL. Cox,
Ottumwa; Richard N. Nixon, Boonesbor-
ough; Elisha r. Roberts, Mason City; John
oulsEseII, Keokak; John ", PirtIe, Bloom
teid.
Prosperity on Secession Hill.
WASHINGTON, May 6.-lSpecial Telegram
to the BEE.l-Probably the most historic
spot in all the south is the round hill at
Abbevile, S. c.. to which has been given
the name of secession HILL" 1t was upon
the beautiful greenswards and under the
grand old OAKS of that rising mound that the
first tocsin of war was sounded in 1860 which
was so shortly afterwards to be taken up by
the whole south and re-echoed by the dull
booming of cannon from one end Of this
land to the other. 1t was at q mass meeting
of the citizens of Abbevlle county upon that
hill that the first resolutions looking to
secession were adopted, and it was not long
before the ball set rolling there gathered so
much force that it took years of bloody war
to stop 1t in its headlong flight. And, as 1t
had joytully, nursed by its protecting
heights the first STRINGS of the confederacy,
| it was but fitting that, after few eventful
sat last oas %sete be Of the the esSls
ferson Davis called together his
short-lived cabinet for the last time; Since
those stirring days Secession Hill has
changed. Instead of the implements of war
which once were flourished upon its summit
| the plow and the spade have gained supren-
acy; and where red.handed war stalked in
maidens reign supreme. The historic hill is
now said to be the most beautiful place in
Abbevlle county, and therefore, as Abbe-
Williams would say, in all South Carolina.
| From a gentleman who has recently made q
visit to the hill obtained description of
the place as it now stands. He says: son
the southern exposure OF the crown OF the
Vines including @ nypi iifteen varieties % The Vine
yard was set in the fall of 1884 and last year
made something like fifty bushels
of grapes. This year Mr.. j., F. g; Dupre,
to gather at least 200 bushels. Between the
rows are vegetable corn and melons, so that
not one foot of ground is wasted. The pit or
Ue the earliest 81 W vegetables. @ 5 % Abundant ilowers
grow there all winter, no artificial heat being
necessary. A great quality of Mr. Dupres $
choicest flowers and fruit trees are from cut
sight to see. In one bed there are as many
as 100 choice lilies growing from the seed.
The cultivation OF the pecan nut from the
seed is also being attempted there with much
success and a large poultry yard adds to the
| liveliness of the place IT not to its beauty"
Dangerous Floating Wrecks.
WASHINGTON, May 6.-[Special to the
BEE. The latest copy of the Pilot Chart a
monthly publication for the guidance oi
mariners, shows that there are to-day eleven
dangerous wrecks right in the path of vessels
in tho coasting trade along the eastern coast o
the United States. In any other country or
the civilized globe man-ofwar or a govern
ment vessel of some description would have
! been dispatched to destroy these wrecks a
soon as reported. There is nothing, not ever
, | an iceberg, more dangerous to navigation
, than water-logged "derelct." Yet up Il
, the present time there is no one in the Unite,
r States with the necessary authority to order
vessel out to remove these dangers from
the pathway Of our merchant marine. Tim
after time the attention of congress has beer
: called to this subject and the officers il
8 charge of the Pilot Chart have reDeatedl,
: urged that small appropriation be made t
: enable the navy to maintain small ship TO
the purpose of removing floating dangers a
soon as they are reported. But there is NJ
! | one directly interested as to spend time an,
gress to see that this recommendation is con
sidered. lp consequence year follows yea
and the very sensible recommendation is un
t beeded. 1t is estimated by naval office
tention to this subject that the aetna
7, annual loss to the merchant marine of tn
United States from striking upon these un
q marked distractions is equal to at least l
= combined. The cost OF building and main
!. tanning the necessary vessel to remove thes
distractions would be more than saved tn
4 first year by the prevention of losses to coast
J. ing vessels and transatlantic steamer
II which are ieopardized by the failure OF tn
Q government to do its duty in this respect.
Military Matters.
{ WASHINGTON, May 6.-lSpecial Telegrar
o to the BEE.l-HOspital Steward HERNIA
, Kuch has been assigned to duty at Fort Klau
!. eth, Oregon, and Hospital Steward Frank .
s Nemeck, to Mount Vernon barracks, Al,
4 bama, with the Apache captives.
: First Lieutenant Thomas G. Davenpor
. . Fourth artillery, died at st. Elizabeth insan
i hospital here about o'clock this mOrninl
S He was brought to st. Elizabeth from Fo
l. tress Monroe last Sunday suffering frol
mental troubles.
Army furloughs: Sergeant Thomas Hogan
:, troop +, Third cavalry, four months; Sc
geant Henry Moore, troop L, Ninth cavalr.
o pany G, Twelfth infantry, two months frol
70 Nav IL; Sergeant Benjamin Otter, compan
"a b, Twentieth infantry, four months; Coz
- poral Richard Nannall, Dattery IL, SecOn
% artillery, three months: Private John
If Kidd, company ID, Seventeenth infantry
= three months extension. Crhree month
# granted before).
Ii The Long and Short Haul.
" WASHINGTON, May 6.-The secretary
n the Interstate commerce commission tO-da
,e received petition from the New York Cer
Is tral railroad, Lake Shore 4 Michigan Soutl
ID ern and Pittsburg Il Lake Erie railroad
ID asking that they be relieved from ths four
at section of the interstate commerce law.
N Up TO this time forty-four railroad comp
-, niles have filed with the interstate commers
commission formal petitions asking to |
I'd relieved from section four Of the inter-sta
Of commerce law. Probably as many have bee